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Born: | Tyler, Texas, U.S. | May 23, 1995||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | John Tyler (Tyler, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Houston | ||||||||||||||
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Tyus Kevon Bowser [1] (born May 23, 1995) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Houston.
Bowser attended John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas, where he played for the Lions football team. [2] As a senior, he had 59 tackles and 24 sacks. He committed to the University of Houston to play college football. [3]
Bowser played college football at Houston from 2013 to 2016. [4]
Bowser made his collegiate debut on August 30 against Southern and recorded two tackles. [5] On September 21, he recorded his first two collegiate sacks and had his first interception in a win over Rice. [6] As a freshman in 2013, he had 26 total tackles, 5.0 sacks, one interception, two passes defensed, and one forced fumble. [7] As a sophomore in 2014, he had 13 total tackles and three sacks. [8] As a junior in 2015, he had 51 total tackles, six sacks, one interception, two passes defensed, two fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble. [9]
Bowser missed five games his senior season due to a fractured orbital bone that he suffered during a fight with a teammate. [10] [11] Despite the injury, he led the team with eight sacks. [12] [13] Bowser finished his collegiate career with 137 tackles and 22.5 sacks. [14] [15]
Bowser also played in four games over two seasons for the Houston Cougars basketball team. [16]
Bowser received an invitation to Senior Bowl. [17] He helped the South defeat the North 16–15. [18] He attended the NFL Combine and completed the majority of drills, but opted to skip the short shuttle and three-cone drill. Bowser also participated at Houston's Pro Day and chose to only run the short shuttle and positional drills. NFL draft experts and analysts projected Bowser to be a first or second round pick. [19] He was ranked the fifth best outside linebacker available in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com, the sixth best linebacker by ESPN, and was ranked the twelfth best edge rusher by Sports Illustrated. [20] [21]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 2+5⁄8 in (1.90 m) |
247 lb (112 kg) |
33+1⁄4 in (0.84 m) |
10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) |
4.65 s | 1.59 s | 2.68 s | 4.34 s | 6.75 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) |
10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
21 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/ Houston's Pro Day [19] [22] |
The Baltimore Ravens selected Bowser in the second round with the 47th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. [23] He was the third outside linebacker to be selected. [24] On May 5, 2017, the Ravens signed Bowser to a four-year, $5.57 million contract with $3.37 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.19 million. [25]
Bowser made his NFL debut in the 2017 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. He recorded one tackle in the 20–0 victory over the Bengals. [26] He recorded his first NFL interception in Week 2 against quarterback Kevin Hogan of the Cleveland Browns, returning it for 27 yards and setting up a critical touchdown by the Ravens' offense before halftime. [27] Overall, in his rookie season, he finished with three sacks, nine tackles, one interception, and three passes defensed. [28]
Bowser finished the 2018 season with .5 sacks and 11 total tackles in 15 games. [29]
In Week 10 of the 2019 season, Bowser recorded a 33-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the 49–13 victory over the Bengals. [30] He followed that up with a two-sack performance in a 41–7 victory over the Houston Texans in the next game. [31] He finished the 2019 season with five sacks, 24 total tackles, two passes defended, and one forced fumble. [32]
Bowser was placed on the reserve/ COVID-19 list by the team on November 3, 2020, [33] and activated four days later. [34] In the 2020 season, Bowser finished with two sacks, 34 total tackles, three interceptions, and five passes defended. [35]
On March 16, 2021, Bowser re-signed with the Ravens, on a four-year, $22 million deal, with the potential to rise to $27 million. [36] In the final seconds in the fourth quarter Bowser sacked Andy Dalton for a loss of 18 yards, which yielded a 16–13 win over the Chicago Bears on November 21, 2021. [37] The following week, against the Browns, Bowser recorded a sack on Baker Mayfield, as well as a game sealing tackle on fourth down in the 16–10 victory. [38] Bowser finished the 2021 season with seven sacks, 59 total tackles, four passes defended, and two forced fumbles. [39]
On January 14, 2022, Bowser underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles. [40]
On August 26, 2022, Bowser was placed on the reserve/ PUP list to start the season. [41] He was activated on November 1. [42] He appeared in nine games in the 2022 season. He finished with two sacks, 13 total tackles, two passes defended, and one forced fumble. [43]
Bowser was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list to start the season due to a knee injury over the summer that had setback before the season. [44] [45]
On March 13, 2024, Bowser was released by the Ravens. [46]
Year | Team | Games | Tackling | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||||||
2017 | BAL | 16 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | ||||
2018 | BAL | 15 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2019 | BAL | 16 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
2020 | BAL | 16 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 | 5 | ||||
2021 | BAL | 17 | 17 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
2022 | BAL | 9 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
2023 | BAL | 0 | 0 | Did not play due to injury | ||||||||||||||||||
Career | 89 | 23 | 152 | 93 | 59 | 19.5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | 16 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackling | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||||||
2018 | BAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2019 | BAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
2020 | BAL | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
2022 | BAL | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023 | BAL | 0 | 0 | Did not play due to injury | ||||||||||||||||||
Career | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |